Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Photo Number 565

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids, Minnesota. ( My favorite Antique Shop will be closing soon, Linda is selling off her inventory and has the building up for sale, I have spent many hours in her shop and I will miss going there.)

Wilkins was the photographer, he was in and out of business in Park Rapids from 1904 to 1906 often with a partner.

I think that this may have been a double wedding. The dresses are almost the same (the brides dress has lacy sleeves), and the corsages and boutonnieres are the same. The men have different ties. I can imagine them posing for this photo and the bride handing off the wedding bonnet to her bridesmaid for her photo. Furthermore I think that the bride and the groomsman are brother and sister and the groom and the bridesmaid are brother and sister. ( It might just be my imagination.)

The women's dresses have the “pigeon breasted look” that was popular from 1900 to 1910.

It's interesting, in ancient weddings the bride's maids were dressed similarly to the bride to confuse other suitors' tribes, the groom and evil spirits. A veil was worn to ensure that no one backed out on arranged marriages where they met the bride at the alter. I don't know when the notion of dressing the bride's maids similarly came into modern fashion.

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This is my place for photos that have been forgotten and left behind. A look into the past. They were in a couple of boxes in an Antique shop..I couldn't resist them. I now search Antique Shops and Garage sales for old photos. If possible I like to return them to family. There are links to older Full Circles at the bottom of this page :)

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Full Circle 80 Photos Number 1454 and 1450 to Arlene, one photo is of her and one is of her Aunts.